Species Benthodesmus macrophthalmus Parin & Becker, 1970
Bigeye Frostfish
Compiler and date details
9 May 2012 - Douglass F. Hoese, Dianne J. Bray, & John R. Paxton & Matthew M. Lockett
20 December 2006 - Dianne J. Bray, Douglass F. Hoese & John R. Paxton
- Benthodesmus macrophthalmus Parin, N.V. & Becker, V.E. 1970. Materials for a revision of the trichiuroid fishes of the genus Benthodesmus, with the description of four new species and one new subspecies. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 83(33): 351-364 figs 1-2 [356, fig. 2b].
Type data:
Holotype ZIL 39125, Arafura Sea [9°01'S, 130°39'E].
Paratype(s) ZIL 39125a.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Northwest Shelf, WA, (18°40'S) to Arafura Sea (131°22'E), NT; tropical, east Indian (Java).
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Transition (3)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthopelagic, continental slope, marine, pelagic.
General References
Nakamura, I. & Parin, N.V. 2001. Gempylidae, Trichiuridae. pp. 3698-3720 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3716]
Common Name References
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Bigeye Frostfish)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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15-May-2013 | 15-May-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |